Markets for hospitals and physicians have become more concentrated in the last few years, and this consolidation may lead to worse care quality, according to a report in The New York Times.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has partnered with European tech company Ada Health to bring the company's symptom-checking software to U.S. patients, according to CNBC.

St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital submitted a corrective action plan after a Tampa Bay Times investigation found safety lapses in the hospital's heart surgery program, CBS-affiliate TV station WTSP reports.

The University of California soon will be granted what may be a valuable patent on the gene-editing tool called CRISPR, according to Reuters.  

As anti-vaccination movements rise during dangerous disease outbreaks, teenagers of parents against vaccines, or anti-vaxxers, are seeking their own treatments, according to The Washington Post.

A study published in American Journal of Infection Control examined the effectiveness of a formulary restriction and preauthorization program at an academic medical center.

Patients may receive less palliative care at U.S. hospitals primarily serving minorities, a study published in JAMA Network Open found.

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston have created a system to deliver insulin that uses a needle so small patients can swallow it without feeling pain from an injection, NPR reports.

An internal review conducted by St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital found 13 cases in which patients in the facility's heart unit were harmed by care, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Increasing physician bonus size may improve care quality, researchers report in JAMA Network Open.

The CDC estimates that there have been 13.2 million to 15.2 million flu illnesses this season.

The precision medical imaging market is projected to grow from $120 million in 2017 to more than $8 billion by 2027, according to a report from market research firm Frost & Sullivan.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will share patient mortality data from its EHR with the CDC to support its Modernizing Death Reporting project, the agency announced Feb. 7.

Sue Childress, director of nursing at Salt Lake City-based Huntsman Cancer Institute, skied to the hospital Feb. 6 to avoid missing work after a snowstorm, Q13 FOX News reports.

Hospitals are beginning to use biometric systems to prevent errors in identifying patients, The Wall Street Journal reports.

A study published in the American Journal of Infection Control examined the prevalence of prior laxative use among hospitalized adults undergoing Clostridium difficile testing.

A CMS inspection found Houston-based Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center violated patient care requirements, and the federal agency told the hospital state and federal officials would start taking a more aggressive role in enforcing safety standards, according to the Houston Chronicle.

As of June 30, most VA hospitals reported lower death rates than non-VA facilities, according to a USA Today analysis.

The California Department of Public Health collectively issued $258,025 in fines to five California hospitals for licensing compliance issues that caused or were likely to cause serious injury or death to patients.

Foundation Medicine entered into a contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs' national precision oncology program to give veterans with advanced cancer access to its genomic profiling tests, according to AJMC.